This may sound over optimistic but after the last half decade of poking, prodding, experimenting and exploring, I think I may have just finally agreed with me and myself about what we want from the Square Brigadier. Well, until I get a brand new idea perhaps. The rules are available here (click) . The armies march on and deploy.The game was a meeting engagement over random terrain … Continue reading As the Dust Settles
Yesterday Jeff, (http://armchaircommander.blogspot.com/) hosted a group of Nova Scotia wargamers for a 15mm Nappy’s Battle of Friedland game. Hopefully he will be posting a Blog post including some of the great pics he posted on FB. (Thanks for these pics Gary ) The Russian Right Wing commander trying to balance questionable command decisions with even more questionable die rolling. Luckily as many a Russian commander knows: … Continue reading OK Enough Fun, Time To Get Back To Work
“Form follows Function” and “Function follows Form”, two duelling design maxims and like most such bitter fights, both sides of the debate are right to some degree. This weekend I belatedly realized that this debate was at the heart of my seesaw problems without it having been consciously considered in that light. Worse than that, solving the issues was going to require deciding on priorities, … Continue reading Of Form and Function
Had a delightful time playing the game this morning, a game both enjoyable and useful. They came on in the old style. I also have a half written blog post, mostly about rules and games and choices and preferences and the like. Hopefully we’ll see what I make of it but right now, I’m off to bed. Continue reading While We’re Waiting
Is Lost. Yeah, ummh, sorry folks, no Noodle, no battle report. However, after hours of revisiting 8 years of Square Brigadier posts and rules versions and some experimentation, things are rolling again. A slight variation on ‘Sawmill Village’. Sunday is forecast to be another storm day, freezing rain this time, so, my board is reset with the 5″ Grid cloth, and the revised rules are … Continue reading The Post That Hesitates
On Boxing Day morning, the convoy resumed its trek towards Fort Henry. The occasional BOOM of the Fort’s canon and Crack! Crack! of a rebel sharpshooter reassured that the fort was still held for the Queen. As the column approached the little village of Presdelac, shots rang out The steamer pressed forward under a hot fire while the relief column attacked vigorously on a broad … Continue reading Better Late Than Never
Idle time approaches! Hopefully the relief of the siege, well, blockade really, of Fort Henry is near. (See Dominion Day Train Tide and following post.) In the meantime, amongst other things, I had a quick review of 2019’s Toy Soldier games, then I looked at 2018’s games. There were some good games in both years but only 1/2 as many games in 2019. It was … Continue reading Meanwhile, Back At the Ranch
“Those are Toy Soldiers Bigawd!” some General is supposed to have exclaimed. (or not) Gratuitous close up of my homecast, original, US infantry (apart from the Zinnbrigade drummer.) Yesterday I managed to finish fiddling with the rules (for now) and get a game on the table. Since, at this particular point, I was most interested in how it played as a game, I chose one of Thomas’s One Hour … Continue reading Surprise Attack
Word reached Brooklyn early on Saturday morning that the Americans had stolen a march and the Bangor Rifles were already across the bridge on the Ste Croix. General MacDonald send messengers to the garrisons at Newport Landing and Poplar Grove to march to the Ste Croix bridge on the Windsor Road and headed out himself with the two battalions he had with him. After peppering … Continue reading The Battle for the Ste Croix
I’m getting closer! Haven’t had enough free time yet to play but I have managed to finally get the table set for a Saturday War of 1812 game. I randomnly chose a One Hour Wargame getting a surprise river crossing from the South by Blue. Wasn’t hard to decide which army was going to be “Blue”. Continue reading Opening Scene
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